Samaje Perine ran for 1,993 yards last fall for Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, Texas. (Photo courtesy of 247 Sports)

Prospects from Texas, Ohio, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and elsewhere are expected in Tuscaloosa this weekend for Alabama's junior day. But one out-of-state visitor should feel right at home.

Four-star running back Samaje Perine will travel to Tuscaloosa from Pflugerville, Texas, where he ran for 1,993 yards last year for Hendrickson High School. But he knows the lay of the land in west Alabama -- he's originally from Jackson, about an hour north of Mobile.

"Growing up, (Alabama) was the football team that I watched and that was the only team that I knew and I guess it just carried over to now," Perine told Rivals.com. "I've always liked them, always liked the tradition and always liked what they did. But we will see what happens."

Even so, Oklahoma is the early leader for Perine, who visited Norman earlier this month. "Right now, just being the best college that I have seen, they are number one on my list," he told Rivals. "I think that the deciding factor is going to be is where I would stand as a freshman because I know that Alabama I think is signing like three running backs this year and they already have the other ones coming back. So, I would have to see where I stand with all the ones they have coming back and are getting."

Perine (5-11, 216) will be one of two big backs expected in Tuscaloosa this weekend, joining Mikel Horton (6-1, 230) of West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West, the same school that sent center Ryan Kelly to Alabama.

Another out-of-state visitor with in-state ties is Camden County (Ga.) safety Chris Williams, who is originally from Wetumpka. Williams and his teammate, four-star cornerback Kalvaraz Bessent, already have offers from Alabama and would like to go to the same school.

"We talk about it all the time," Bessent, who also has offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Ohio State and others, told Rivals. "I know (Williams) wants to get an offer from Florida. We have actually talked about Florida a lot. He just has to ball out this year, and he'll get that offer. We have a lot of the same offers which is good."